2012-04-17, 18:08 | Link #41 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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edit: d'oh, I didn't see his follow up post making exactly the same analogy.
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2012-04-18, 06:42 | Link #43 | |
Waiting for more taiyuki!
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2012-04-18, 09:38 | Link #44 |
You're Hot, Cupcake
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Blu-Ray is still a faze in Japan far more than anywhere else.
As far as my purchases go, I'd rather a good show that is affordable than anything else. The whole BD thing doesn't faze me much. And they're not selling enough in a lot of cases in the West to justify companies doing them regularly. Here in Australia, Siren Visual have only two BD releases in their anime catalogue - Angel Beats and Casshern Sins. Madman Entertainment aren't doing many either, simply because they're not cost effective for the majority of titles, plus they did indicate Aniplex was never going to let them have the rights to Fate/Zero and Madoka for BD releases. Niche fandom market has to be budgeted. If a title is going to be big, then a BD release can be justifiable. But at this point in time, there's nowhere near enough titles going big enough to justify considerable BD releases. It's more a luxury than anything. DVD version may be inferior in picture quality, but you can still afford and get the show at least. Be glad we have fair price systems these days. VHS days were not fun. That article orion linked raised an interesting point in the comments section. BD systems not allowing backward compatability? Then what the hell are people meant to do with their pre-existing DVD collections? And also the point that BDs don't do much different from what DVDs can do. They're simply a step up the ladder in aesthetic quality. You really need to give people more than that to expect people to get on board in droves. The shift from VHS to DVD happened because of markedly improved longevity, storage and recording capability. The BD step isn't significant enough.
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2012-04-18, 10:34 | Link #45 | |||
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According to one large Japanese electronics retailer, a majority of their customers now own a Blu-ray player. Single-function BR players haven't sold well, but combo devices with recording capabilities apparently do, as have PS3's. The BR disc association expects total sales of Blu-ray discs to outpace DVD sales in Japan next year. Blu-ray purchases have grown especially rapidly among the fans who buy anime. Look at recent figures from the sales thread here. You'll see that Blu-ray anime releases for many titles outsold DVD releases in Japan last year, often by substantial amounts. Quote:
Were you referring to that flaming commentator who falls into the "Sony-is-the-root-of-evil" school of thought? I suggest you consider the source before accepting what he or she says as gospel. Extrapolating from Sony's decision about backward-compatibility on the PS3, a platform Sony owns entirely, to Blu-ray players, where Sony is but one competitor, is absurd on its face. As far as I know all BR players play DVDs as well. Certainly my PS3 does, as does the $70 BR player I bought recently for a friend from Amazon. We didn't look at every player on the list, but none of the ones we looked at were unable to play DVDs. Quote:
Blu-ray ownership is dependent on ownership of HDTVs. In the US that figure is estimated to be around 70% of households. A recent report from Accenture claims that Japan has the highest level of HDTV penetration of the countries they surveyed, though I can't find an actual figure in that document. A more conservative estimate I've seen reports HDTVs in about 24 million Japanese households, or slightly under half of all households based on census estimates. It may be that HDTV penetration hasn't advanced as quickly in Australia thus retarding the demand for BR players and discs. (Reports suggesting that HDTV penetrations are quite high in Australia apparently count devices that show 576p content as HD. In the rest of the world, the minimum standard is 720p.)
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2012-04-18, 14:47 | Link #47 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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I believe he was trying to spell "phase" (a duration or set of conditions existing) rather than "faze" (to bother, distract, annoy).
And I didn't even know anyone *made* a "blu-ray only" player but then I never look for one. I only buy optical systems that can play *all* optical media (CD/DVD/Blu-ray). And I've got a couple of VHS players (and they still sell combo units that play those as well as discs).
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2012-04-18, 16:45 | Link #49 | |
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2012-04-18, 17:06 | Link #50 |
You're Hot, Cupcake
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I really don't consider a TV being an essential appliance these days. Myself and plenty of my friends don't have one, let alone an HDTV. It's a luxury. My computer can do anything I'd need - has BD/DVD player + recorder and TV card. If you're within a family setting, that probably dictates a need for a TV for social aspects. If you're not, a TV is not essential.
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2012-04-18, 17:43 | Link #51 | |
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2012-04-18, 18:28 | Link #52 |
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When Blu-ray was coming out, there were to be "Blu-ray only", but someone said, "What would it take to get them to play a DVD?"
"Add a red laser to scan. But that will cost more." "So?" So Blu-ray players can do both...as if they didn't they might be slightly cheaper...but no one would have bought them....as backward compatability is still important. just look at all the VCR/DVD players out there.
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2012-04-18, 18:31 | Link #53 |
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http://www.ultrahdtv.net/ <- and they are making another one again.......
People: NANI?! ULTRA BLU-RAY?!
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2012-04-18, 18:42 | Link #54 | |
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Fuck yeah 8K! 4K is evil because it has less pixels and 4 is just a shitty number.
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2012-04-21, 21:37 | Link #55 | |
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Gundam and Code Geass would be the only things I would spend $60 a pop for or $300 a pop for the Gundam BR boxsets thats if Sunrise/Bandai continues its trend of subbing the newer series like they have been doing with Unicorn, Nunnally in Wonderland, SEED Remaster, and AGE. Everything else I will just stream legally or illegally.
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2012-04-24, 22:21 | Link #56 |
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Looks like it's true (almost):
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-new...-release-slate http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-new...lu-ray-release
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2012-04-24, 22:34 | Link #57 | |
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2012-04-24, 23:44 | Link #59 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Reading over the thread - this popped in my head:
Are we starting to get the vibe that the producers are back-pedaling on blu-ray *replacing* dvd over the long haul? That blu-ray is going to remain a "collector's niche"? Maybe it is just the "reverse importation" demon is really scaring them that much.
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